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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Wales · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Powys County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Powys website
15,245 approved · 1,483 refused · 1,535 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jul 2011 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Welsh Government / DataMapWales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Clevedon Guilsfield Welshpool Powys SY21 9ND
Received 26 Jun 2012Brynsiriol Derwenlas Machynlleth Powys SY20 8NT
Received 25 Mar 2013Heulfryn Forestry Camp Ceinws Forest Complex Ceinws Machynlleth Powys SY20 9HB
Received 13 May 2013CWM Gronw Tregynon Newtown SY16 3LJ
Received 13 Jun 2012No. 7 Pencaemawr Penegoes Machynlleth Powys SY20 8BP
Received 22 Apr 2013Clyniarth Cottage Cyfronydd Welshpool Powys SY21 9HE
Received 25 Feb 2013Ty Capel Melin-Byrhedyn Machynlleth Powys SY20 8SH
Received 3 Aug 2012Bluebell Park / Parc Clychau R Gog Tan-Y-Berth Llanerfyl Welshpool Powys SY21 0EY
Received 17 Apr 2013Gwyndy Llanrhaeadr Ym Mochnant Oswestry Powys SY10 0ZD
Received 15 Oct 2012Wynnstay Premises (Depot) Watergate Street Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool Powys SY21 0RB
Received 11 Oct 2012Cottage To The Rear Of 29 Heol Y Doll Machynlleth Powys SY20 8BH
Received 16 Oct 201221 Heol Maengwyn Machynlleth Powys SY20 8EB
Received 22 Aug 2012Caen-Y-Coed Llangadfan Welshpool Powys SY21 0PU
Received 2 Jul 2012Bryn Araul No 2, Bro Dulas Ffriddgate Machynlleth Powys SY20 8QG
Received 10 Jan 2013Fron Farm Llansilin Owestry Powys SY10 9BW
Received 6 Jun 201232 Heol Pentrerhedyn Machynlleth Powys SY20 8DN
Received 11 Jun 2012Cottage To The Rear Of 29 Heol Y Doll Machynlleth SY20 8BH
Received 16 Oct 2012Mathrafal Meifod Powys SY22 6HT
Received 26 Jul 2012Abergwybedyn Aberangell Machynlleth Powys SY20 9AA
Received 18 Dec 2012Old Primary School Back Chapel Lane Llanrhaedr-Ym-Mochnant Powys SY10 0JY
Received 6 Jul 2012Gwernypant Llansanffraid Powys SY22 6TB
Received 26 Jun 2012Pen Y Graig Cottage Carno Caersws Powys SY17 5JS
Received 9 Apr 2013The Dingle Brynmawr Llanymynech Powys SY22 6PQ
Received 25 Apr 201217-19 Penrallt Street Machynlleth Powys SY20 8AG
Received 10 Oct 2012Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Wales differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Powys County Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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